Failure to screen a newborn for HIV and improper treatment of a morbidly obese pregnant woman with breathing problems were some of the reasons why District of Columbia regulators closed the obstetrics unit at United Medical Center, a public facility that serves mostly low-income African-American residents. (The Washington Post)

Down syndrome is fast disappearing in Iceland due to the high percentage of women who terminate their pregnancies after their fetus tests positive for the disorder. (CBS News)

Her sister's cancer diagnosis might have come faster -- if the doctors hadn't been so focused on her sister's weight, author Laura Fraser says. (STAT)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing to stop mandating participation in Medicare's bundled payment reimbursement program for joint replacement surgery, and to cancel the cardiac payment incentive program scheduled to begin next year.

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